Last summer I read UFO Cases of Interest 2018 Edition, which is MUFON’s compilation of “2017's best reports,” edited by Roger Marsh. I do not know anything much about Robert Marsh, and I have no connection with the contemporary MUFON. I was struck by how many of the reports selected for this collection involved large triangular craft, usually with white lights at each tip, and a red or orange center light. There were also a number of reports of boomerang or chevron-shaped objects.

There is also this 2013 book, which I considered worth my investment of reading time:

Soon as I heard that it flew 3 miles in 1 second (or whatever the guy said), I said to myself "That's a lie." His perspective is all off. Just like when people in Colorado saw a gigantic cigar shaped craft in the clear daytime sky - yeah, no. It's a spider web 6 feet in front of your face.

Here's what Mark Dantonio has to say about the clip;

Hi guys.. Being a drone guy myself I was drawn to the beautiful footage ... But also being a photo and video analyst I checked out your video. I could see at the point where the object changed direction and came toward the drone shows a noticeable change in the angle of the edges of the object from the apparent center of the object. In other words, it appears that the object flexed to change direction. To that end I raise the caution that perhaps your drone was charged by a hawk or more likely a falcon defending its territory which they do and I have had this happen as well. It looks like it is moving very fast because of the forward motion of the drone so the closing speed is disproportionately high. As the approaching object rotates to level flight as it comes toward the drone you can clearly see flexure at the 'wingtips' which is exactly what you see when I bird is exerting g forces on its lightweight frame to do these high speed aerobatics or in this case, a likely intercept of an intruder. The other issue I found is that you cannot tell how far away it is when it is first seen and is initiating a turn to by the drone. If it was as far as the mountain as suggested it would have been quite large perhaps the size of a cessna light aircraft or more but more importantly no one on site would have missed it. This is distance miscalculation is a common error people make when you dont know what something is. You cannot tell if its a large thing very far away or a smaller thing closer to the camera. If it was a large thing far away then as before the likelihood of not seeing it during the filming is vanishingly small. It would be the talk of everyone there. The point at which it caught the light however is where you saw it and this can be any distance away. Thus there is no possible way to make a calculation of its speed unless you know 1: how far away it is initially and 2: how fast the drone is moving forward. As the object passes the camera it would be fairly close to the camera. A hawk or a falcon could be missed until review rather easily. I have found many birds flying into the line of fire on the drones later after the fact even though I was monitoring the footage live. At the Grand Canyon on Native Lands my friends were flying a mission and were attacked constantly by cliff swallows. Birds defend their territory. So I simply offer that perhaps for the reasons I mention above it was more likely a falcon or hawk defending territory. I am erring on the side of falcon though as they exhibit similar movement patterns, and turn on a dime like this one did to charge the drone. Not debunking here just offering a cautionary note. -Marc Dantonio

Soon as I heard that it flew 3 miles in 1 second (or whatever the guy said), I said to myself "That's a lie." His perspective is all off. Just like when people in Colorado saw a gigantic cigar shaped craft in the clear daytime sky - yeah, no. It's a spider web 6 feet in front of your face.

I thought it was pretty amazing & cool that Chris O'Brien saw one on his house, realized what he was looking at, knew that that's what the incident in CO was, filmed it & posted it so everyone could see for themselves.

Hi guys.. Being a drone guy myself I was drawn to the beautiful footage ... But also being a photo and video analyst I checked out your video. I could see at the point where the object changed direction and came toward the drone shows a noticeable change in the angle of the edges of the object from the apparent center of the object. In other words, it appears that the object flexed to change direction. To that end I raise the caution that perhaps your drone was charged by a hawk or more likely a falcon defending its territory which they do and I have had this happen as well. It looks like it is moving very fast because of the forward motion of the drone so the closing speed is disproportionately high. As the approaching object rotates to level flight as it comes toward the drone you can clearly see flexure at the 'wingtips' which is exactly what you see when I bird is exerting g forces on its lightweight frame to do these high speed aerobatics or in this case, a likely intercept of an intruder. The other issue I found is that you cannot tell how far away it is when it is first seen and is initiating a turn to by the drone. If it was as far as the mountain as suggested it would have been quite large perhaps the size of a cessna light aircraft or more but more importantly no one on site would have missed it. This is distance miscalculation is a common error people make when you dont know what something is. You cannot tell if its a large thing very far away or a smaller thing closer to the camera. If it was a large thing far away then as before the likelihood of not seeing it during the filming is vanishingly small. It would be the talk of everyone there. The point at which it caught the light however is where you saw it and this can be any distance away. Thus there is no possible way to make a calculation of its speed unless you know 1: how far away it is initially and 2: how fast the drone is moving forward. As the object passes the camera it would be fairly close to the camera. A hawk or a falcon could be missed until review rather easily. I have found many birds flying into the line of fire on the drones later after the fact even though I was monitoring the footage live. At the Grand Canyon on Native Lands my friends were flying a mission and were attacked constantly by cliff swallows. Birds defend their territory. So I simply offer that perhaps for the reasons I mention above it was more likely a falcon or hawk defending territory. I am erring on the side of falcon though as they exhibit similar movement patterns, and turn on a dime like this one did to charge the drone. Not debunking here just offering a cautionary note. -Marc Dantonio

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thanks!, thats the same conclusion i have reached, most videos that show small fast objects are either birds or bugs

Looks to me like these 2 idiots have grabbed some basic footage & added it via CGI IMO.... I work with CGI- it's my job & I can spot CGI a mile away. Definitely CGI IMO- though who really knows
It's funny how (if this is real footage) they are the only ones to have it because the dripping footage & the vid with small orb shape over the rocky range I've never seen before.
Though that doesn't mean somebody else has also uploaded the video of course= as for the christo footage I couldn't be bothered talking about it to be honest.. plus Greers full of BS

Cheers mate...

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Could you share how you determine what is "cgi" and what is not?

The first two move and appear like several other captures I've either seen or personally filmed, but I would have to have a closer look at them and slow them down.

The third one looks extremely close to some of the "dark orbs" I've seen captured on the net... These also I've filmed several times. They exhibit a kind of field, change shape, and if able to zoom in closer, change texture as they move as well. While I only saw "one" supposed capture of the "drone" at Gatwick, it looked quite similar this dark orb from PR, as well as ones Ive filmed. Once again, I would need to see much more to get a clearer picture.

I am curious however, what we can look for to establish if a video is cgi?

The first three look exactly like several other captures I've seen on the web or have personally filmed myself. They don't look like cgi to me, but want to learn techniques to sniff out when its used.

I've had videos I've filmed that were accused of being "cgi" that absolutely are not, yet no one has ever explained how my camera or iphone has been able to produce this.

I also think that a good deal of people don't know what to look for. You have to have alot of patience and watch alot of footage before you can start cross-referencing the flight and appearance characteristics. That's especially the case with the dark orbs.

The first three look exactly like several other captures I've seen on the web or have personally filmed myself. They don't look like cgi to me, but want to learn techniques to sniff out when its used.

I've had videos I've filmed that were accused of being "cgi" that absolutely are not, yet no one has ever explained how my camera or iphone has been able to produce this.

I also think that a good deal of people don't know what to look for. You have to have alot of patience and watch alot of footage before you can start cross-referencing the flight and appearance characteristics. That's especially the case with the dark orbs.